CNN hires Raffa as weather anchor and correspondent

The following was sent out from Editor & Publisher: CNN announced today that Elisa Raffa joins CNN as a weather anchor and correspondent, based in Atlanta and appearing across all of CNN’s networks and platforms. She has earned the distinction of Certified Broadcast Meteorologist by the American Meteorological Society, a designation which recognizes excellence and […]

CNN hires Benbrook as a correspondent in Washington

Julia Benbrook has joined CNN Newsource as a correspondent in Washington, D.C. Recently, Benbrook was a Washington correspondent at Spectrum, where she covered campaigns, the White House and Congress. She has also reported for The Hill and was a news reporter at KOTV-TV Ch. 6, a CBS affiliate in Tulsa. She was also named a […]

CNN taps Lamb to serve as Vatican correspondent

Christopher Lamb will join CNN in December as Vatican correspondent. He will be based between Rome and London. Lamb said: “I’m delighted to join such a respected, world-leading news media organization. I look forward to covering the Vatican and its impact on the world at a pivotal moment for the church, and to telling this […]

Montgomery joins CNN as international correspondent

CNN has hired Hanako Montgomery as an international correspondent based in Tokyo. In her new role, she will report on important stories from Japan and the region across the network’s TV and digital platforms. Montgomery said: “I am truly thrilled to join CNN and its top-class team of journalists and media professionals. I will be reporting […]

CNN hires Variety’s Wagmeister to cover entertainment

CNN has hired Variety chief correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister as a correspondent covering entertainment based in Los Angeles. At Variety, Wagmeister balanced roles as a broadcaster, writer and reporter. During her tenure there, Wagmeister wrote cover stories on the Kardashian-Jenner family, Kelly Ripa and Olivia Wilde. She also led Variety’s coverage of the Harvey Weinstein trial and […]

Award-winning journalist Broaddus joins NBC News as correspondent

NBC has hired Adrienne Broaddus as a correspondent working across all news platforms and MSNBC. She will be based in Chicago. Broaddus joins from CNN, where she covered breaking news. Before that, she held a reporter post at NBC station KARE-TV Ch. 11 in Minneapolis. She also worked as a multi-skilled journalist (MSJ) at Tegna. […]

CNN taps veteran tech reporter Swisher as on-air contributor

  Kara Swisher has joined CNN as an on-air contributor, the network announced Thursday. One of the nation’s top tech and media reporters, Swisher is host of the podcast “On with Kara Swisher,” co-host of the “Pivot” podcast, and editor-at-large at New York magazine. Swisher will be a regular panelist on CNN’s “The Chris Wallace Show” debuting […]

Kwon to join the BBC as senior journalist

Jake Kwon will join the BBC as a senior journalist/producer in Seoul. Recently, he was at CNN, where he worked for more than five years as a producer and newsdesk producer. Kwon also freelanced for various outlets, including CBC, Guardian News & Media and Channel NewsAsia. You can congratulate Kwon on X/Twitter.

Romans joining NBC News as senior biz correspondent

Former CNN chief business correspondent Christine Romans is joining NBC as a senior business correspondent. Romans was a staple of CNN’s business coverage for CNN since 1999 and on the morning show for the past decade. Romans joined CNN from Reuters, and spent the first few years at the channel reporting from the floor of the New York Stock […]

CNN hires DeChalus as White House reporter

CNN has tapped Camila DeChalus to serve as a White House reporter. Recently, she was a political reporter at The Washington Post and worked at CNN from August 2016 to June 2017 as a news associate. Prior to joining the Post in October 2022, DeChalus covered national politics, campaigns and Congress for Business Insider as a […]